Frequent power cuts make life miserable for Jalandhar residents
The power cut started at around 1.30 pm and continued up to 4 pm during which heat wave further added to the residents’ discomfort. The city gets the MC direct water supply in the afternoon from 1 pm to 2 pm and supply of water for half of this time could not be possible today. Residents of Bhargo Camp said owing to a sunny day and power cut they felt that their rooms had turned into ovens and they could not bear the heat and hence preferred coming out.Meanwhile even industrialists have been ruing that the power cut imposed on them for the past nearly five days now said that their losses had mounted. Focal Point Extension Association president Narinder Singh Saggoo said We understand that there has been a continuous dry spell. We also understand that agriculture needs to be given a priority at this time. Since the sales of electronic items including mobile phones computers etc has risen for over the past one year the demand of power was certainly set to rise.Industrialists say that the government had done nothing to encourage installation of solar plants and no subsidies were coming to those who took such an initiative. We are looking forward to electricity driven cars scooters rickshaws etc but we are not bothering to ensure that the adequate provisions are being made.
